Dirigible headlight for motor vehicles



E. T. RAMS/W.

DIRIGIBLE HEADHGHT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATEON mu) mAvza, 1922.

1,428,859. t ted ept 12, 1922.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

E. T. RAMSAY.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1922.

1,428,859. PatentedSept. 12,1922.

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s ments filed ma as, 1922. Serial. in.

To all whom it may concern Be it knovvnthat l, ETHAN T. RAMSAY, a citizen of the United States, residinu at Reading, in the county of Berks and tate of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dirigihle Headlights for Motor Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. v

In carrying out the present invention. it is my purpose to improve and simplify the general construction of dirigible headlights for motor vehicles and to provide a dirigible headlight wherein the lamps will he so mounted as to turn easily and with a minimum of friction.

t is also my purpose to provide. a dirigi- .ble headlight construction for motor vehi'-. cles wherein the parts may be readily taken down for purposes of repair or replacement.

With the above recited objects in view, and others of a like nature, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and talling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a fragmentary top plan view showing; my invention ins led on a motor "IQl Csfi.

2 is a front elevation of the same.

cure is a fragn'ienzarv side view theresl a section on line e e of ing now to the drawings in detail,

1 designates the frame of a motor vehicle any suithle or preierred construction,

equipped with a front axle 2 and steering Wheels 3 mounted upon spindles connected to the outer ends of the axle 2 for swinging movement, as is usual, the spindles heing equipped with rearwardly extending arms that are connected to each other by a tie rod 5 so that in the operation of the steering wheel motion will he transmitted to the 2 steering: wheels 3 to properly guide the veaccordance with my invention 1 secure ears of the chassis of the motor forward ends of such the side vehicle adyacent to the bars brackets 6-6 respectively that pro ect .d the sides of the respective side bars "Di the chassis. On the outer end of each bracket 8 is a vertical sleeve 7 having its too and bottom ends formed with race-Ways 8 to receive anti-friction balls 9. Journaled the sleeves 7 respectively, are vertical shafts 10 projecting" above ing sleeves 11 with a andhelowthe sleeves. Surrounding the top poi-tinfoil each shaft 10 is a sleeve ll haviiig its'loivr end formed with anvannularfla nge 12.1 "The lower end of thefiange 12 is formed vvitha race-way corresponding to-the race-wayh in the upper end ofthe sleeve Land t'nse race-ways receive the halls li hreiided onto shaft 10 helow the sleeve '7 is a hearlng collar 13 having its upper end enlarged, as at 14;, and formed with a race way corresponding to the race-way 8 in the lower end of the sleeve 7, and these race ways contain the balls 9 at the lower end of the sleeve. Also threaded onto the shaft 10 below the hearing collar 13 is a locking nut 15 that engages the bearing collar to lock the latter to the shaft. By means of this construction it will be seen that the shafts 10 may be rotated within the respective hear- 'ninimum of friction.

16- 16 indicate the head lamps having their rear ends formed 'resped'vely with rearwardly projecting brackets 1?, each formed with a vertical bore 1'8 adapted to receive the sleeve 11, and threaded onto the upper end oi each shaft 10 is a clamping collar 19 that shuts the upper surface of the bracket to securely clamp the bracket to the sleeve 11, so that int-he rotation of the shafts 10 motion will he transmitted to the head lamps 16. i

In order that motion may be transmitted to the head lamps from. the steering wheels, so that the lamps may follow the wheels, the lower ends of the shafts .10 are equipped with rearwardly extending arms 19 to which are pivotally connected the outer ends of links 20. The inner ends of these. links are pivotally connected to each other and to the tie rod 5i,'as at 21.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that as motion is imparted to the steering wheels 3 to steer the vehicle a corresponding movement will be imparted to the arms 1'9 through the medium of the tie rod 5 and the links 520 thereby rothe shafts 10 Within the sleeves i with the eiiect to revolve the sleeves 11 and the brackets 18 clamped to sleeves 11. "nus the lamps will he caused to follow the steering motion oi the wheels.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:--

in dirigihle headlight construction,

ets secured to the side bars of the chassis of the motor vehicle and extending outwardly from'said bars, vertical sleeves on the outer ends of said brackets, respectively, a shaft journaled in each sleeve and projecting above and below the same, a sleeve surrounding the top portion of each shaft, an annular flange formed on the lower end of the second named sleeve, anti-friction bearings'between said flange and the first mentioned sleeve, :1 bearing collar threaded onto the lower portion of said shaft below the first named sleeve and having its upper end enlarged, anti-friction bearings between the enlarged end of said collar and. the lower end of the adjacent sleeve, a headlight carrying bracket formed with a vertical bore that receives the second named sleeve, a clamping collar threaded on the upper end of said shaft and engaging said bracket to hold the latter upon the second named sleeve and connections between the lower ends of said shafts and the tie rod of the steering gear of the motor vehicle.

In testimony whereof I aflix mv signature.

ETHAN T. RAMSAY; 

